Steve Kramer

Steve Kramer

Steve Kramer grew up in Atlantic City, graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1967, adopted the hippie lifestyle until 1973, then joined the family business for 15 years. Steve moved to Israel from Margate, NJ in 1991 with his family. He has written more than 1100 articles about Israel and Jews since making Aliyah. Steve and his wife Michal live in Kfar Saba.

A check-up for Israel on its 66th birthday

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — This week, Israel is celebrating its 66th year of independence as the Jewish State. The accomplishments of Israelis throughout this period and in the years leading up to Israel’s independence are unequaled. What other nation has achieved its freedom despite being surrounded by countries unalterably opposed to its […]

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Israel boasts a beautiful park carved from trash

By Steve Kramer TEL AVIV — Did you know that metropolitan Tel Aviv has a park that is bigger than New York’s Central Park? Or, that the park’s most unique feature is a mountain of trash? That’s what you’ll find at recently opened Ariel Sharon Park, almost 2,000 acres of reclaimed land, located in Israel’s

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Being on nuclear verge may suit Iran’s political goals

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — There is a possibility that Israel, alone, might have to interdict Iran’s atomic weapons project. However, a distinguished expert on Iran at Tel Aviv University thinks that is unlikely. I heard Professor Litvak at the monthly lecture sponsored by the English Speaking Friends of TAU. Meir Litvak is

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America’s Mideast reversal pays Russia dividends

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — I’ve written several times about America’s shrinking international stature. President Obama is leading the charge in this direction, which is a product of the growing energy independence of North America and the growing inclination of Americans to withdraw from troublesome situations far from home. Obviously, this “pivot,” to

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‘My Promised Land,’ well written but uneven

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel–Avi Shavit is a native-born Israeli Zionist and peace activist. He is also a respected columnist for Ha’aretz newspaper, Israel’s most left wing newspaper. A leading Israeli author, Shavit published his best-selling My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel in 2013. It has become a bestseller. Here’s an

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Getting a handle on new Middle East, Part II

Second of Series By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –There are wide cultural differences between the religious Arab world and the secular Western world, which most Western countries fail to comprehend. Surprisingly, the West refuses to recognize that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is an Islamist organization which promotes an Islamic takeover throughout Arabia and then

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Getting a handle on the new Middle East, Part I

First of Two Parts By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Despite the recent conventional wisdom that America “could not drill itself out of energy dependence,” North America is estimated to be on the verge of doing just that. I believe that this fact is having important consequences for America’s foreign policy and Israel’s perpetually

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